kitui County assembly passes emergency Bill

Kitui Members of the county assembly on Wednesday passed emergency bill motion in order for the county government to quickly move in and compensate those affected by calamities.

Addressing journalists in Kitui town on Thursday , the County assembly Majority leader, Peter Mwikya Kilonzo popularly known as Tangawizi said that those affected by natural calamities like drought, feminine and floods will be immediately compensated.

Mwikya urged the Kitui county cabinet secretary for finance to set rules under which the money shall be disbursed to avoid corruption citing that it is only 2% of the county government budget that shall be allocated to cater for emergencies.

However,this occurred few days after members of the county assembly of Kitui held various meetings with members of public from the 8 sub-counties to have their opinion on the emergency bill where most of them were pleased by the move.